Resilient wheel for vehicles



Ail 30 .1927.

A g .1. F. P. cosTE RESILIENT WHEEL FORv VEHICLES voriginal Filed Aug. 5o, 1922 iff Patented Aug. 30, 1927.

raajcors PASCAL Cosfrnor BILLANCOURT, FRANCE.

- ARESILIEN'J: WHEEL lFoa vEHICLEs.

@riginal application filed. August 30, 1922, Serial No. 585,179, and in France 1blovemaer 19, 1821.` Divided and this applcationlepd' September 18,r 1926. Serial No.` 136,249.

rFhis invention relates to wheels 'for motor vehicles and has'tor its object a construction of wheel which wili give a good suspension to all `the various parts of the vciiicle ithout the necessity of adding special extra sus1 ension means'to the body 0f the vehicle itself, or to the axles or other parts. rihe provisionof such a suspension will'prevent the violent shocks usually experienced on bad roads,-a possible cause of breakages having serious consequencesthus increasing the co-e'llicient or safety and the general comfortl of rpersons using the vehicie. rihe tractive eiiect on the wheels is also improved by the invention.

in carrying the invention into effect I prot-.fide a wheel comprising a central disc, with an Cuterdisc on eachside thereof and concentric therewith. The central disc'and each of the two outer discs are each provided with recesses, the recesses in the said central disc being concentric with the corresponding recesses in lthe outer discs. Within each recess in the central disc is itted a leal sprinw oil such width that its lateral g I edges abut against the walls ofthe corresponding recesses inthe outer discs. lThe central is thus tree to n'iovev in `its own plane against the pressure oit the springs and means are provided when necessary to prevent central disc and the louter discs under tractive eii'ort or breaking. y y

This application is a division oitl my corresponding application S, No. 585,179, filed .ugust El), i922, and patentedOctober 19, 24.3, No'. 1,603,453 and covering a similairesiiient wheei for vehicles, havingl a diiierent sort oi spring` elements.

The invention will now be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherei Fig. l is a side view oi wheel constructed according to the invention.

Figure 2 is a cross section on the line X-X of Figure l. Y

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of the form oi" springl means which is employed within the wheel.

Figure Ll is a central cross section of a wheel constructed according to the invention and provided with a mud and dustproof casing iittecl thereto.

in tne illustrated embodimentoi the invention a tlat disc 1 of suitable material relative angular movement of 'the such aswood, iibre or metal is adapted to receiveV the rim of tire of any type and is disposed between `two'discs or ditch plates 2 which are of less diameter than the disc l which constitutes the rim 0i' the wheel. The two outer discs 2 arel placed one on each side of the'rim disc l and concentric therewith. f The discs 2 are provided with a central 'bore 3 by means of which they may be fitted upon the wheel axle with the axle bearing of any suitable or convenient form such as illustrated inv Fig. Il. The rim disc l is provided with a central aperture or bore concentric with the bore 3 but'con-l siderably greater in diameter so that the rim disc 1 may have movement in its plane between the dsc's2 to a limited extent withoutfengaging with the axle which passes through the bores 3.

Therim disc l is also provided with a plurality of circular apertures 4 arranged eccentrically around-ltheaxle bores 3 of the discs 2, and said discs 2 are provided upon their inner faces with circular recesses or depressions which are concentric with, and

equal in diameter to the apertures 4 ot' the rim disc. A split looped, preferably longi* tudinally laminated,r spring element 6 is disposed in each aperture fl of the rmi disc so as to fit snugly around the peripheral w thickness of the rim disc at the apertures so all thereof, and of-greater width than the as tov extend to each side of the rim disc into jthe recesses' of the outer discs 2w'hich are alignedA withA theapertures 4. Vith this construction, it will be observed` that the split spring elements 6 will yieldingly resist movement of the rim disc in its plane, relatively to the outer discs 2, and consequently the spring elements will yieldingly resist radial movement of the rim disc by reason ot pressure applied thereto at any point of its periphery. The spring elements 6 also provide a rotary traction connection between the discs 2 and the rim disc l to insure theirv rotation together without preventing the radial movement of the rim disc.

The spring elements 6 at their abutting ends are turned arcuately inwards as in 'T so as to directly abut with'one another.

Vhen the vehicle provided with wheels of this type travels over any kind oi ground, the shocks or vibrations which are Aimparted to the rim discs of the wheels by the unevenness of the ground will be largely taken up or absorbed by the split spring elements 6 and will not be communicated to the vehicle axles. At the same time the split spring elements insure rotation of the wheel with the rim disc.

The wheel proper, may, it' desired, beprovided with a dished cover 8 asshown in vFigure i on one or both sides thereohto, protect the component parts of the wheel from dust andmud.

Having now particularly described `and ascertained the nature` of' the inventionv and the ma-nner of its performance, I declare that what I claimj is:

l. A resilient wheel torv vehicles, comprisinga shell, av rim member located without and extending intosaid shell withJ apertures in the. portionl within the shell, said shell having: pockets substantiallyr concentricl with the. apertures in the rim member and o jlz a depth. between opposite faces of the shell greater than the thickness of the,` rim memy ber atl the. apertures, a longitudinally. laminated splitlooped spring contained in each pocket and the respectiveroncentric aper ture. of; the. rim member for yieldingly resisting radial movement, of the latter rela.- tively to the shell, the ends of the split spring being` turned inwardly at their abutting ends.

Q. A resilient wheel for vehicles, compris,- ing a pair of parallel spaced concentric discs, each, having` depressions with arcuate side wallslin its inner face, the depressions being arranged. eccentrically of the discs and aligned in pairs, whereby each pair form an internall pocket, a rim member disposed between the dises so as to extend outwardly around; the periphery thereof, said member having therein apertures aligned with and Vequalin sizevto thedepressions, and, a` longitudinally laminated split looped spring element with, inwardly turned abuttingr ends, disposed in each aperture of the rim member so as` to extendy edgepwise into both of the depressions of the` discs; which are aligned therewith, whereby the spring elements will yieldingly resist radial movement of the rim member relatively to the discs.

3. In. a, resilient wheel for vehicles, two

"overlapping abutting members relatively movable iny their respective planes, said members, having a, pair of aligned recesses with arcuate lateral walls whenv they are 1n one relative position, and a` longitudinaly lamiria-ted split loopedspring element with in-.

wardly turned abutting ends, disposedl jointly in the` aligned recesses so, as to extend closely aroundv the. lateral wal-ls` oit both recesses, whereby the split element will y-ieldingly resist theA relative movements ot' the members.

4. resilient wheel for vehicles, comprisinn; a, pair of parallel spaced concentric discs, each having depressions with arcuateV side walls inritsinner tace, the depressions beingV arranged eccentrically of theV discs and aligned m pairs, whereby each-pair forms an internalr pocket, aI rim, member disposed between the discs so asto' extend outwardly the discs which are aligned with. the aper- Y ture,whereby the springr elements will yield.- ingjly resist radial movement of the rim member relatively to the discs, whereby said elements may lex inwardly of said loop, and whereby theloop ends ink contacting under pressure. may meet on their exterior` sides and; told,Y onz each other with rolling or slidinn` Contact without breaking.

Intestimony whereof l, aiiix my signature.

JEAN rRANeoIsPAsc-AL oosrn 

